Fashion World’s ‘Punk Queen’ – Vivienne Westwood’s son, Ben Westwood has turned designer. Earlier he earned fame as an Erotic Photographer. But this is not the big news. The news is that Ben has roped in Julian Assange of Wikileaks to model for his collection during the London Fashion Week in September. Since Assange is […]
My favourite Lehenga-Maker – Bobby Daahling aka Anjalee Kapoor seems to have gone under the knife. In her recent images her face looks comparatively taut with plumper lips and voila…double chin’s gone! But Anjalee who is famous for committing fashion harakiri regularly has kept her Sadhna Cut intact. When you are selling lehengas for Rupees 10 […]
The grotesque yet the most sought after handbag from Hermès- the coveted Birkin is the cause of many a heartburn. Most recently the auction house – Christie’s has been sued for $ 60 Million by another auctioneer – Heritage Auctions. The suit is over Christie’s International poaching the star of Heritage Auctions’ Luxury Goods divisions – […]
It’s The Royal Ascot races that bring out the truly crazy mad-hatters. From the super-thematic to the super-dramatic, you see all kinds at this race. Like other years, this year too, there were crazy hats resembling fruit stripe gum, a giant jug of Pimm’s, one looked like an orange-peel (not the ones you see on […]
Fashion is a funny business. At times 25-year-old models are tagged ‘old’ and now 45 plus yesteryear supermodels are on the covers of fashion glossies and endorsing brands. British model Yasmin Le Bon has been tapped as the new face of Speedo Sculpture–a swimsuit line. At 49-years-old, Yasmin is as beautiful and confident as ever. About turning 50 this […]
So what happens to the Indian Premier League (IPL) team – Kings XI Punjab post the Zinta – Ness fracas? After all the drama it is unlikely that Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia can carry on as co-owners of the team along with Mohit Burman. One of them has to buy out the other’s stake. […]
Today, June 12, the 2014 FIFA World Cup begins when host country Brazil takes on Croatia post a glittering opening ceremony where J Lo, Pit Bull and Claudia will serenade the crowd. You may have been bombarded with images of hottest players and hottest WAGS but lets us take a naughty route to celebrate the […]
I strongly believe that the Indian Fashion Fraternity is unique in both, good and bad ways. The fraternity’s certain constituents idiosyncratic ways, arrogance and Janus like dual behavior bewilders me. Also there are many questions of which, I never found answers like how a designer not only survived but flourished in the industry or why […]
Bewildered by this photograph of Preity Zinta sitting on a platform kinda thing next to Twinkle Khanna. The photograph looks like one from those multitude Mumbai fashion shows where Bollywood stars walk the ramp. It must be a real candid shot of Zinta probably taken during reahearsals or must be some new Yoga Aasan that […]
Designer Karl Lagerfeld is undoubtedly one of the most respected names in the global fashion fraternity. But even he has succumbed to the ills of plagiarism. Sport shoe brand – New Balance has filed a lawsuit against Karl Lagerfeld under Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on the 3rd of June for knocking off their signature sneakers. New […]